tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17072646768005302382011-07-28T21:59:53.650-05:00The Erwin family consists of Jeremy, Sabrina, Drew (age 11), Luke (age 9) and Emme (age 7). Jeremy and Sabrina are missionaries and teachers at International Community School in Singapore. Come see what God is doing in their lives as they live in Singapore. You may e-mail the Erwin's at erwin.family@yahoo.com. Please click on the commitment card link on the right to support their ministry. Thank you!The Erwin Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114190344597551698noreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707264676800530238.post-18727198884695061362009-06-18T03:46:00.004-05:002009-06-18T03:56:02.468-05:00

We started out the day at a all you can eat breakfast buffet for $2.75 a person. We then got on tuk-tuks ($10 for all morning for each one) and went to the Tuol Sleng Museum (admission $1) to learn about the horrible Pol Pot regime. We then went the 15km to the Killing Fields (admission $2). There is a monument with thousands of skulls that were found in mass graves. Many of the mass graves

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We woke up at 4:30 am to be read to be picked up at 5am - all to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat. It was a pretty good sunrise but it sure did make us tired for the rest of the day.We had breakfast at one of the small places by Angkor Wat and it was expensive by Cambodia. Many of the plates were $4-5.After lunch, our tuk-tuk drivers took us out to the floating villages of Chong Khneas. At first

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The big temples of Siem ReapWe walked down the road to a pizza place (that served western breakfast) for breakfast.We found tuk-tuk drivers for $14 for each tuk-tuk for the day. We started out the day at the gate to Angor Thom. We visited Bayon with the many faces, Baphuon, Primeanakas, Terrace of the Elephants, and Terrace of the Leper King.After that we saw Pro Tem with the Tomb Radar

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The day of the infamous journey across the border started just fine. At 5am we got taxis to the train station. We each got tickets to the border town for less than 50 baht each. The 5:55 am train reached the town about 11:35am. The countryside was amazing. When we got off, we got offered tuk-tuks to the border for 80 baht. Not a bad price so we hopped right on. He did try to take us to a

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We took a morning bus with 10 people to the Floating Market. It was about 1 1/2 hour drive through beautiful countryside. At the market we got on a large boat with a motor to get closer to the market and then we got on a paddleboat. Anytime you made a comment about something, the seller would pull your boat towards him/her with their long stick. It was filled with tourists but still quite

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We took a tour with Good Times tours. We were picked up at the guesthouse at 6am. Our guide was named Fanta and the kids liked him a lot! We arrived at Erawan Waterfall at 9am. There are 7 levels to the waterfall but we only made it to the 4th. The kids were a little nervous about swimming with the fish at level 2 but we all had a great time sliding down rocks on level 4. The fish only

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We woke up early and took the river taxi to Wat Po. We saw the giant reclining buddha. It was really large!!!We walked to the Royal Palace. At the first gate, they said it was closed for Buddha day and a guy with a gun walked up the gate. We walked down the street and eventually found the real entrance. We were not dressed appropriately so I had to rent a sarong to wear. Jeremy walked

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We traveled from Singapore to Bangkok (2 hours and 20 minutes) with Tiger Airlines. It is a "budget" airline but the flight was fine. Once we arrived we ate downstairs. It was difficult remembering the conversion rates. (Wait, why is my spring rolls 55 baht? OK, that is less than $3). We didn't know we needed coupons (bought by the door until after we ordered). We needed a taxi and tried

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We are traveling through Asia and I would like to share some details about our trip over the next 15 posts.

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We took Drew to a church camp this morning. It lasts until Sunday afternoon. I believe he is the only kid who is not a local Singaporean. Please pray that he finds some friends, eats some of the food, and learns more about God.I leave for Cambodia in the morning with 2 other adults and 15 high school students. We will be painting 2 orphanages. Please pray for our safety and for the students

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International Community School in Singapore has students from over 25 countries. This last week we celebrated the many cultures present in our school.The elementary students are getting ready to perform! The elementary students are waiting to get their "passports" to visist all the "countries".Everyone walked around campus to visit various "countries", eat their food, and play their games!Here

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We had a fun trip with friends to the Singapore Zoo over the Christmas Break.

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We started back to school yesterday! (Yes, we had a three week break!) Here is a picture of my classroom (where I spend my days).

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Network of International Christian Schools is now beginning to post openings for next school year. Please check out their link on the right if you might be interested in going overseas to teach for two years. You will miss home but it is a wonderful experience. We are able to openly share our faith with students who have not heard about Christ. We are able to help disciple those who are

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Sometimes we cannot decide what to eat but we can never go wrong with a good Indian restaurant. (There is no silverware to mess with. Just use your hands!)

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We took a short three day trip across the border to the country of Malaysia. There are so many palm trees lining the roads. (Palm oil is a big industry.) We loved the hills and big open spaces. (It is quite different from Singapore.) Also, we realized that when you are driving in a foreign country, it is a good idea to bring along a dictionary to interpret signs on the roads!! (What did that

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Generally our students wear uniforms which include white button-down shirts or white polo shirts with blue shorts/pants/skirts. This week the dress has been a bit more fun!!!Preppy Day with Jeremy's students!!!Jeremy's classroom --

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I'm lovin' it!Please try the Wasabi fish (smeared with lots of green wasabi) or the wasabi shakers you pour on the fries. Oh, and always the fish sandwich for breakfast!! (Actually, Drew likes the wasabi shaker so I am not making fun of it!!

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Cricket is a common game in Singapore.

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We went down to the Sulton Mosque during Ramadan to break the fast with the Muslim community. Our meal included dates, pears, biryani rice, and mutton.

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Yes, that is HELLO KITTY behind the kids!!

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Singapore has over 4 million people but sometimes it is easy to forget. Singapore has done a wonderful job of keeping beautiful parks and areas of rain forest.

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We went on a weekend retreat with other teachers from ICS. We saw the beauty of Indonesia along with the poverty.

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I want to apologize for not having written much recently. We have been very busy the last couple of weeks and time flies when.....It seems the last couple of weeks have been a test. Two weeks ago we came up to school for a follow up from the Pre-Field Orientation we attended in June. We learned one of the other families who attended with us had a tragedy in their lives. This other family had went

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DrewLukeJeremyEmmeSabrina

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Today in chapel we were singing a song that really made me think. It is called Blessed Be Your Name by Matt Redman. It is so easy to bless the name of the Lord when we are in "the land that is plentiful where Your streams of abundance flow". It is another thing to praise the name of the Lord when "the darkness closes in" and you "walk through the wilderness". Blessed Be Your NameIn the land

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By Sabrina:We have spent the last two weeks in teacher orientation. We have learned how to work the copier, the school rules, how to take attendance, and how to take lunch count. Actually, we had some great time of fellowship with other teachers and enjoyed time decorating our classrooms while getting ready for the first day of school.My first day of school was a bit difficult. I was really

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Yesterday we went to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve which is right across the street from us. As we entered the park, Emme and Luke were finishing their Bar-B-Q Pringles. We saw one monkey sitting on a motorcycle and then he sat on a truck. Suddenly he ran up to Luke and grabbed the Pringles can. The monkey opened it with his teeth and got some Pringles. Luke reached down and snatched the can back

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It's been awhile since I have written anything. Most of the last bunch of posts have been written by Sabrina.We visited a local church and as we were leaving we noticed a rugby ball down in a one of the gutters. Gutters in America tend to be small, but this gutter was more like an exposed sewer line. I've never been good at judging distances or heights, and I knew this was deep but it was a lot

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We walked up Mt. Faber.At the top of Mt. Faber is one of the several Merlions in Singapore. We rode the cable cars from Mt. Faber to Sentosa IslandWe walked around one of the beaches and the kids played in the sand and water for hours.Work begins on Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This evening we took a bus down to Arab Street to see a Mosque. We got offered some really good deals on silk dresses, carpets, and lots of scarfs. After we walked around that area, we went over to a mall in which a lot of Thai people visit. Many signs were not in English. We loved the grocery store with the live fish. Although I may have seen live cockroaches in stores before, this was the

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Today we visited the Bible Church in Singapore. It was wonderful to worship with other believers!! The passage today was 1 Cor 10:23-11:1. The pastor discussed food offered to idols and food at meat markets. Those verses never seemed to have much meaning in America but here in Singapore those verses carry much more meaning. We see idols in the markets as we travel around the city. Over 85%

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First, you need to use the correct words in Singapore!Not a gas station -petrol stationNot air conditioning - airconNot a parking lot - car parkNot a basket (in the store) - trolleyAn outdoor market (with really fresh fish!) - wet marketOutdoor food stalls - hawkers or hawker centerNot a cross walk - zebra crossingAnd some of the signs at the nature park were really cute!Durians are anywhere from

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We take the MRT (subway).We take the bus. (You can see us waiting for it.)And we walk and walk and walk!!

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A quick story about Chinatown. I went into a small shop that had a real nice Nikon DSLR camera. I wanted to look at it and maybe see how much it was in comparison to the states. I asked how much and he replied $750 Singapore. I handed it back and said thanks and then as I walked out the door he hollered "how about $500." Makes me wonder what the real price is.

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S6300954Originally uploaded by Erwijc We took a flight from DFW to Tokoyo to Singapore. There were TVs in front of each seat and the kids (and us) watched a lot of movies. There was also a channel that had the flight path that was fun to watch. In the second plane, you could see the actual runway during take-off and landing that was really cool. The kids slept some on the second flight. ALL of

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We finally made it here to Singapore. I have plans to write up some more about our first few days here in Singapore. I haven't had access to the internet for some time and I am up at school now. I may have to post them later.Today is Sabrina's birthday and we are going down to Chinatown to celebrate/explore. We are supposed to be getting our green cards so we can order our new cell phone and get

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It's now 4:25 am. Sabrina and I are both up and getting ready to go to the airport. Thank you to our friends and family here in America and we look forward to seeing our new friends in Singapore.And now to our great adventure.- Jeremy

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Tomorrow morning we will be leaving for the airport. We are still a little nervous but mainly just excited about our mission in Singapore. We feel certain that God has shown us a job that needs to be done (educating/discipling missionary kids and other expat kids) and has given us the resources to complete this task. Our children have been so willing to give up toys/friends/our house and they

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This is a picture of all the staff from Singapore who are attending the Pre-field Orientation training. We have had a wonderful time in fellowship with the other new teachers as well as six who have already been living there.

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We had a very exciting weekend in Memphis. Friday night we went to the Memphis Redbirds minor league baseball game and then Saturday night we went and saw a local theater companies production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.”I have always wanted to catch a ball at a real baseball stadium. I wasn't going to be discriminatory and only accept a home run ball. I could live with a

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We have just finished day 3 of our PFO (Pre-Field Orientation). We have learned a lot and we have made a lot of new friends. There are more than 20 people here at this conference that are going to be at the school with us in Singapore so it has been fun to meet them all and start new friendships. Each of our children have met at least one other child that is going to be in Singapore as well and

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We spent five days visiting with Sabrina's family. In the background of this picture you can just make out the largest hill in the world. It's 2000 feet tall. We just got finished trying to feed some geese and turtles. We had a great time visiting with her family.-Jeremy

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We are standing outside the Alamo in San Antonio, TX. Grandma and Grandpa are visiting from Holland for two weeks. The kids are S6300560Originally uploaded by Erwijc having a great time. Please pray for Grandpa and Grandma as they fly back on Wednesday and continue their ministy. We will not see them again until 2011 or 2012.

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S6300390Originally uploaded by Erwijc My brother got married on June 7th. It was a beautiful wedding and we love his new wife! (The two other young men in the picture are also my brothers. My nephew is the ring bearer.)Sabrina

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On Saturday, we officially moved out of our home. Our suitcases are now packed and we only have three more than originally planned. (We did spend a few days last week digging through suitcases trying to find that one item we had to have that was packed somewhere in one of those 13 suitcases.)So many things went very smoothly while we were attemping to pack our belongings. The Lord was in control.

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As we are preparing to leave our current home at the end of this month, we were trying to prepare the kids (and outselves) for an unknown amount of time without a place to call our own. Dr. Beeson, our principal in Singapore, has been looking for apartments for us. We have seen pictures of everything from very expensive condos to local housing with mold, squat toilets, and no airconditioning.On

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I am not a person who is easily impressed with technology. I spent 11 and a half years doing support for a variety of companies and saw some really cool stuff. But the best thing I have seen in quite some time is Skype.I recently purchased a new computer at our local Best Buy. I wasn’t looking for anything fancy. I just wanted something to work on all the pictures we are going to take and

Jeremy Erwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251825725006729414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707264676800530238.post-24188426866679989502008-04-11T21:17:00.001-05:002008-04-11T21:17:23.483-05:00

IMG_0093 Originally uploaded by Erwijc

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Matthew 6:19-21 says "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."I don't know if we have what you would call treasures. We don't have

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We are on Spring Break right now. It's been difficult to keep up with keeping you all up to date. So right now I am going update you on several things that have happened in our world.1. We have bought our plane tickets. We are leaving at 10:10 am on July 10th. We are leaving from Dallas and flying to Tokyo where we will have a 6 hour layover. We then fly from Tokyo to Singapore. We will arrive in

Jeremy Erwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251825725006729414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707264676800530238.post-82981690772875969962008-03-03T21:57:00.006-06:002008-03-09T15:06:19.011-05:00

When you live in North Texas you think there are only two seasons. It's either hot summer or a cool winter. The last few years have seen only a couple of snow storms. Mind you, anyone living north of Kansas will scoff at what we consider a storm, but here we take what we can get.This evening we had a snow storm move through the area. Around 5:30 pm it started to rain/sleet/snow. Shortly

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Last Saturday evening, we drove out to a wooded area across town known as "Hills and Hollows." The boys and families lined up single file and silently entered a dark room with a fire at the other end. Four "braves" called the boys' names. The boys walked across the room and if they were "worthy," they were handed an arrow. Our oldest son, Drew, received his arrow that evening to signify all that

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We often find ourselves looking for signs, whether those signs are the ones telling us how to get to the interstate or they are signs from God letting us know that we are following His will. For the Erwin family we just saw a big sign.This last year we have felt God’s hand pushing us in the direction he would have us to go. Twelve and a half months ago I found out the company I was working for

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As we prepare to go to Singapore, we are constantly on the lookout for anything which might be able to ready us for the journey ahead. Yesterday we were headed to Allen for a birthday party for one of our nephews. I thought I could try to find a new restaurant. One of the three main people groups in Singapore are the people from India. So I decided on Indian food.I did a quick search on Google

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Yesterday was a test in patience. There are no required vaccinations for traveling to Singapore. We were a little surprised by this but we wanted to verify so we e-mailed the Director of ICS. He told us we should consider getting vaccinated against Hepatitis A. We are looking around Singapore to all the places we might visit and wanted to make sure we were covered there so we also decided to get

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Take a moment to consider the worse teacher that you have ever had. What about the best teacher? Teachers have the ability to make a profoundly positive or negative influence on a child’s life! God has been working in lives around the world through the Network of International Christian Schools. NICS is founded on the belief that a major thrust for world evangelism and discipleship can happen

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